HAPPY THREE KINGS DAY – Jan 6, 2017
It’s a good dMOOSE NUGGETS FOR CHRISTMAS
A song
Curt and Cindee 2016 rendition.ay to receive our Christmas gift to you.
This song made us laugh so much that, despite its negative theme, we decided to use it as the basis for our Christmas letter. We hope you will laugh at our attempt at humor. To hear the original tune that inspired us, check out this web site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQBgGOC8ESM
What a strange year, time for Christmas cheer, wonder what Santa will bring?
You never do know, how it will go, or if he’ll bring you anything.
A magical gift, an old gearshift, presents that come in disguise,
We’ve been good, not as good as we could, it’ll be a Christmas surprise.
Old sore knees, arthritis if you please, getting old: don’t like it one bit!
Grandchildren on your knee, a uke – u- le- le, or a big ol’ sack of….
Moose nuggets for Christmas, the thought causes disgust,
That’s what we’ll get from Santa, I’ll bet, since this year’s been wacky for us.
Every spring around April, we head out to tap the birch.
We hang the jug on the spile, lots of trees: we don’t need to search.
Sap in the jug; a gulp from a mug; carboy here it comes;
Dumping in the yeast, fermenting at least until the brew is done;
Bottles galore; without spilling on the floor; the bottle caps have to fit;
Tasting a batch; adding this and that; making sure it doesn’t taste like….
Moose nuggets for Christmas, the thought causes disgust,
Cuz’ that’s what we’ll get from Santa, I’ll bet, since this year’s been wacky for us.
We worked so hard out in the yard, we took out so much root.
We dug those holes, fought tree-eating voles, to get Alaskan fruit.
Mice in the shed, slugs in the beds, trees struck by spider mites;
A long dry spell, no water in the well, a year of political fights;
A few apple trees, some currants with leaves, adding plants bit by bit,
Everywhere there’s moose, no fence to use, so we’ll prob’ly get a sack of…
Moose nuggets for Christmas, the thought causes disgust,
Cuz’ that’s what we’ll get from Santa, I’ll bet, since this year’s been wacky for us.
Wwoofers in the shack, when the hornets attacked, still helping us every day;
Dug swales in the yard, plastered real hard, mixed up tons of clay.
From Germany and Italy they built our immigrant wall;
From Californi-a and Virgini-a, our Wwoofers did it all.
Planted garden in the spring, harvested lots of things, even dug a pit;
Had a solar shower, electric power, and a place to take their…
Moose nuggets for Christmas, the thought causes disgust,
Cuz’ that’s what we’ll get from Santa, I’ll bet, since this year’s been wacky for us.
Had a little earthquake, maybe three or maybe more;
Looked down in the cellar, there was water on the floor.
It’s a solarium leak, we’re up the creek, dripping into the ground,
No patch can hold it, or clay to mold it, ‘less we dig it eight feet down.
Indoor wetlands, we’ll dig with two hands, we have to do our bit,
At the end of our wit, laying in the pit, this job is a sack of..
Moose nuggets for Christmas, the thought causes disgust,
Cuz’ that’s what we’ll get from Santa, I’ll bet, since this year’s been wacky for us.
With many unfinished projects, we’ve got so much to do
So when you come over to our house, there’ll be lots, we’ll name a few:
Boxes to build; Holes to be drilled, stringing that watering hose
Trees to cut; for the sauna hut; running back and forth to Lowe’s.
Starting the seedlings, cleaning the worm bins, tossing the compost pit;
But helpin’ us out; we’ll give Santa a shout, so he won’t bring YOU a bag of….
Moose nuggets for Christmas, the thought causes disgust,
Cuz’ that’s what we’ll get from Santa, I’ll bet, since this year’s been wacky for us.
Lots of other things happened this year as well:
*Cindee successfully put on a Permaculture class in downtown Anchorage that built a community garden for homeless people. 
*Curt has been participating in the Presbyterian Church’s apology for the treatment of Native Americans, and has been to Washington D.C. as a spiritual leader lobbying on the importance of climate change. Curt also enjoyed fishing and hunting this summer.
*Keith graduated from University of North Texas with a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA). He’s playing in bands, putting out his 2nd album, and looking for a college job.
*A few months later his wife, Courtney gave birth to a son they named, Jack. Courtney is staying home with him this year. 
*Jeanie’s husband, Dan, is in his last year of studies to become an electrical engineer, and again out-fished us all dip-netting for red salmon. 
*Jeanie shot her first solo caribou this fall. However, Jeanie and Curt were overdue from their hunting trip, which meant Cindee had to call the troopers and the Fairbanks part of the family headed out for a rescue attempt. (Turned out they had sent a text message saying they just needed one more day—but the message failed. It was tough on all of the rest of us).
*Another really tough thing was the loss of Curt’s mom this summer—from cancer for the third time. We are sad, indeed, but grateful for her life with us. Her funeral brought relatives up from the Lower 48 we hadn’t seen in many years rekindling important family relationships.Along with the rest of the country, we were seriously disturbed by the presidential election process. It is our hope that this new administration will open its eyes to the most critical single issue facing the world: climate change, as well as the most critical issue facing our democracy: unlimited corporate money allowed to influence our political processes.
Hope for the best in 2017-----be the change you wish to see in the world-----and we can be sure there will be more than------Moose Nuggets for Christmas in 2017!Curt and Cindee Karns
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